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Shared, Scalable, and Transparent Caching for Network Storage

Virtualization and increased application workloads can increase the time required to access critical application information. Slower storage response times result in lower application performance, lost productivity, more frequent service disruptions, reduced customer satisfaction, and, ultimately, a loss of competitive advantage.

Flash-based caching offers the promise of substantial application performance improvements. But the current market offerings force architects to make difficult trade-offs.